The "law of the maximum" decreed by the Jacobins
a. confiscated all landholdings over 200 acres in size.
b. ordered the summary execution of all persons held in French prisons on charges of counterrevolution.
c. fixed prices on bread and other necessities.
d. ordered the registration of all adult males between the ages of 17 and 53 for military duty.
e. prevented members of the Legislative Assembly from being elected to the National Convention.
c
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